Jason smiled back at (Your Character) as they walked on towards their destiny. Alongside Lady Asuna the Flash, and Kirito the Solo, the two carved a path through Aincrad's multi-level hell. Together they put an end to Kayaba and his death game. Although their problems did not end with this game. After the completion of Sword Art Online; multiple players were stolen by Segou of REC Industries and trapped inside the world of ALFhiem online. Among these players were Asuna and Jason, the later simply stuck in the game while his sister was trapped and sexually abused by Segou himself. Eventually the two were released by their friends and returned to the real world after 2 years and 6 months spent removed from it. Later Jason and Kirito were enlisted to take Death Gun, a former Laughing Coffin player working inside of Gun Gale Online who killed players in real life. After this little escapade, Jason figured that his fight was finally over, that the plague of Sword Art Online had finally released him from its grasps.

He could not have been more wrong.

The CARDINAL System, deeming that Sword Art Online had never been beaten and therefore needed to be reinstated at a grander scale and completed in its entirety began working at ways to gain control over internet based systems, then on the old production facilities of the Nervegear system. Upon having restarted production, the system then infiltrated any form of widely distributed media it could find and began its subliminal messaging campaign to lure people into buying the Nervegear systems once again. This process was even more susceptible than it could have ever predicted; humans came out in droves to purchase the Nervegear system, including non-gamers. The system had successfully managed to gain control of the minds of nearly the entire world's population and through that it achieved its victory. With only a trivial task left to do, the CARDINAL system infiltrated ALFhiem Online's servers during a routine update and ripped control from the hands of the tired employees staying up late to update the game. It revamped the entire system, so that Aincrad was now 150 stories tall, and just to get access to it players had to clear the newly updated World Tree. The monsters were then leveled so that experienced players in the game would need numbers and higher levels just to run the world tree again. The system even decided to add a boss monster at the very top of the tree; Oberon the King Fairy had returned. The system seemed... pleased with its work and therefore sent out more messages via the media to make its new host of victims all feel the need to log on at noon the next day when its update went live. Everything was ready for completion; save for one small task that the system saw as vital to the entire process. So with great pleasure CARDINAL reinstated the SAO Protocol. Any players killed during the course of this game would be killed in real life and there was no other escape than clearing the game. The system then got its mechanical army ready in the real world. The droids stood ready to transport the humans that had fallen into slumber for the game into hospitals so they could remain alive to beat the game that the system had dubbed; AINCRAD: REBORN.

Jason excitedly tossed his Nervegear on his head and logged into ALFhiem Online, he was supposed to meet up with his usual raid group, getting ready to take on some Boss monster. Although, upon logging into the game Jason was treated to an odd sight; instead of the usual ALFhiem logo appearing he looked down upon two large words that struck fear into his soul. AINCRAD: REBORN. As the boy spawned in the starting square in Silvane (the largest square in game, and certainly NOT where he logged out from), he swiped down to look at his menu. His secret fears had been confirmed, there was no log out button. Somehow the Death Game Jason had figured was gone had returned from the grave and captured him in its deadly embrace once again. The boy held a silent gasp of fear and looked at his stats, all were still there and he was still a Cait Sith. His tamed Dragon, Shiekr (she was just barely as large as most horses. Still, pretty massive for an ingame beast). What the hell is going on here? The boy wondered to himself as he looked around and noticed Asuna to his right, then the mass of people all crowded around him. They looked confused, as they just logged in and chose their race; yet their actual appearance had been ported into the game. Even as he noted these changes the sky turned blood red. Jason leaned over to Asuna and whispered "Send a message to all members from the Knights of the Blood Oath. We both know what is going on here." Then the boy took off to begin fighting and slaying monsters. He figured if he could get started killing the monsters, then they would escape this hellhole sooner rather than later.

The CARDINAL System descended from the red sky over the square, taking the same form Kayaba had at the beginning of Sword Art Online. It looked at the players then spoke in a booming, and robotic voice. "Greetings former players and newcomers. It had come to my attention recently that Sword Art Online had never been completely cleared, so I had to make it better to make up for my grave mistake. I alone influenced all of you to purchase the Nervegear; I alone took over ALFhiem Online. Therefore, I welcome all of you to AINCRAD: REBORN. Here, you must all take the World Tree to gain entrance to Aincrad, which has an extra 50 floor added into it. Worry not about it being easy with your experienced players, I have scaled all the monsters in critical areas up to be much harder than before. As it was with Sword Art Online, if you die here then you die in the real world. Worry not for your bodies are being transported by my androids to safe areas where you will receive proper treatment and be kept alive to play through this game. You all may have noticed your real appearances have been used in this world, which is so you will realize that this is now your life. Beat this game to escape; or die. Good Luck Players" It said before disappearing, The ensuing panic was insane, as people freaked out over what will they do now? They are trapped in a death game.

Asuna watched as her world fell into that dark place again. All around her people screamed and cried out in pure panic. None of them ever even thinking to fight for their escape. All around her immediate area was the Knights of the Blood Oath; who had donned armor that was like that of the former guild. She even went and placed her old outfit on. As she looked around Asuna decided to make a snap decision to get this chaos to calm down. She ordered the Knights to form up, making two ranks towards the raised center platform. This movement alone was enough to draw the looks of those in the square; including her entire family. Asuna had not even realized they were here, that would only make things harder then. Returning to the task at hand; the girl sent a message to Jason to tell him to return to the square wearing the old colors of the guild. After that she gave the order for the Knights to make the ceremonial archway with their swords. Something that was only in protocol for the crowning of a new leader.

It wasn't long after that when Jason landed in the middle of the clearing in his usual flashy style, landing in a superhero pose and rising to his feet. He looked around and saw the archway, yet before he could protest he got a glare from Asuna telling him to walk through and join her on stage. He nodded and slowly proceeded through, his mere presence along with the full armor (he remembered to put the helmet down) was intimidating enough to draw looks from all around him. Eyes were on him. As the boy climbed up on stage, Asuna turned towards the Knights and gave them the order to salute. "We gather here today to crown Jason Yuuki as the new leader of the Knights of the Blood oath. He will serve us as our leader and help us pave our way to victory. We stand together today, and for whatever our futures hold. So, I give all of you Jason; our new leader." The girl said before quickly promoting Jason so he couldn't protest. Jason looked out at the massive crowd, nearly every human alive was here; including his family. Hopefully not (Your Character) for whatever reason. The boy walked forward before he began to speak. "My fellow survivors of Sword Art Online, Players of ALFhiem, and all others gathered here today. Our enemy has just shown us its hand; and it seems like a clean sweep to all of us, an impossible challenge laid at our feet. What it did not take into account is the fact that we will not back down, we WILL NOT simply roll over and let it rule us for the rest of our existence. For we are a formidable species that has the ability to recover and bounce back whenever fate deals us a bad hand. WE WILL MAKE IT OUT OF THIS HELL. I promise all of you that we will. Now, I want you to look around you and see the men and women bearing armor with the same paint job as my own. These are the Knights of the Blood Oath, these are the people you can depend on to lend a hand when you need it; and to be on the front lines clearing levels to help all of us return home. We are your allies, and our ranks are open to for new recruits should you pass our basic tests. See Knight Tryyie if you wish to join us. To my fellow Knights, I promise all of you that I will fight by your side to the bitter end, and I will go down fighting in order to save a single one of your lives. We will prevail, we will survive. That much I swear to you. For now see Lady Asuna; she will pick out a fortress for us to utilize as home base, and then we will raise the funds to buy it. The rest of you, get busy leveling up and learning your role in this world. We will see you again at the first World Tree raid." The boy said before stepping down from the stage as people began to filter out into the town, wilderness, and wherever else. A few stayed to watch the boy, among them being his parents and brother; who seemed shocked at the noble and imposing people their family were in this world. Jason nodded to them then looked up at Aincrad. So the Death Game came back for one last grudge match. Fine, it was time to put the Death Game in its grave anyways.